Ecuador: Judge orders Chevron to pay $8.6 billion fine · Global Voices
Silvia Viñas

“The eighteen-year lawsuit against Chevron came to a climax when a judge ruled that Texaco (now owned by Chevron) was liable environmental damages in the Ecuadorian rainforest. The court decreed that the oil company pay a reported $8.6 billion fine and apologize publicly or risk doubling the damages figure,” reports Erwin in The Latinamericanist.